whrilpool galaxy

lee housden

essex

this image was taken through a celestron 8 cpc with focal reducer guiding with qhy5 on 80mm skywatcher apo shot with canon 450 d modded with clip filter

this image of the whirlpool galaxy is a stack of 15 5 minuite subs its my first time using the sct for deep sky imaging i am pleased with the detail ive managed to tease out of this faint galaxy

2012-03-02T00:00:00